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VOL. XXII. NO. 58 HOKE SMITH TO OPEN CAMPAIGN SATURDAY ST GAINESVILLE Senator in Fine Fettle and Plans Vigorous Reply to Critics —Will Discuss Pal mer’s Record Senator Hoke Smith will open his campaign at Gainesville Saturday morning with a speech replying to some of his critics and dealing with the record of Attorney General Pal mer. At Hoke Smith campaign headquar ters in the Piedmont hotel the predic tion w’as made Friday by J. R. Smith, H. Y. McCord and others that his opening speech will ring throughout the state. They have had from the senator an indication of his line of attack and they are certain it will put some real fire into 'he presiden tial primary. Senator Smith, it was said, will make an aggressive beginning and continue his fight along that line with —■■eeches in every part of the state. He will present some aspects of Attorney General Palmers record that have not been discussed in Geor gia and are not well He 'll throw some interesting flight upon t). P finer platform of unqualified endorsement of every afiase of Pres ident Wilson’s administration. Sen ator Smith has supported many phases of the administration, but has differed with the president in some nptable matters likhe the Leagv' of Nations, the fixing of the price on cotton, -the veto of the bill requiring immigrants to be able to read and write some language, and others. Senator Smith was feeling fine Fri day. He said he would like to speak in Gainesville at once instead of waiting until Saturday morning. From Gainesville he will go to Com merce and speak in the afternoon. 3n hearing that the Hall count” pri mary was to be held Saturday, Sen ator Smith suggested a change in his speaking date at Gainesville, but his friends insisted that he come there Saturday. Next Monday morning Senator Smith will speak at Dalton and Mon day night at Rome. Tuesday night he will speak in the Macon audi torium. Wednesday he will speak at Americus and confer with his friends from adjoining counties. He may speak Wednesday afternoon at Perry Friends: of Senator Smith are plan ning to give him a gieat ovation when he speaks next Thursday night m the Atlanta Auditorium. Colonel Walter P. Andrews is in charge of arrangements. He requests out-Oi.- ;own parties to communicate with tim for reservations. Beyond Thurs iay night the senator has made no engagements, but will have a num >er in different parts of the state. :n the last ten days of the campaign .here will be a corps of speakers whose dates will be arranged by a speakers* bureau in charge of Wil liam Schley Howard. Attorney General Palmer's cam paign will also get under way in earnest next week with his opening speech to be delivered in Gainesville Tuesday morning. He is reputed to be a speaker of exceptional magnet ism and power and his campaign committee expect him to have big audiences everywhere he speaks. His Gainesville speech will be followed by a speech ih the Atlanta Audito rium Tuesday night. As will be ob served, Senator Smith precedes At torney General Palmer at Gaines ville and follows him in Atlanta. From Atlanta the attorney general will go to Savannah for a speech next Wednesday night. His campaign headquarters are pleased with re ports from Chatham county. They expect him to have a rousing recep tion there. He will go from Savan nah to Macon and speak in the Ma con Auditorium Wednesday night. Whether his duties, in Washington will permit him to speak any more in Georgia is not certain. His head quarters hope he can make several more speeches. Tt was reported in Atlanta Friday that Senator John Sharp Williams was dated for a Palmer speech at Waycross on next Friday, April 9. Whether this speech was to be deliv ered under the auspices explicitly of the Palmer campaign committee was not clear at Palmer headquarters, as they had been advised of it only by hearsay, they said. A Abbeville Citizens Favor League With Sane Modifications ABBEVILLE, Ga., April 2.—The following petition was circulated in town just for a few hours Thursday afternoon, and the following gentle men signed it at once: “We, the undersigned citizens of Wilcox bounty, Ga., hereby pledge our support to the Honorable Hoke Smith in his efforts to give the peo ple of Georgia an opportunity to express their views at the polls on April 20. We favor a League of Nations with sane modifications, but not as enunciated by President Wil, son s canuidate A. Mitchell Palmer. Oscar Cannon, president Farmers bank; S. F. Reid, ex-mayor; W. F. Vansant. Chas. C. Fulghum, L. H. Crump, G. W. Oliver, G. W. Handley, W. 11. Wilkinson, M. S. Bowen, Dr. M. S. Smith, B. C. Smith, cashier Farmers bank; W. S. Tomberlin, L. C. Goodin, chairman Democratic executive committee, Wilcox county; E. H. Harp, aiderman, city of Abbe ville; G. T. Tomberlin, F. Y. Garri son, G. A. Hough, A. A. Stubbs. S. G. Carswell, W. T. Bush, G. W. Doster, G. A. Ewing, W. H. McDaniel, D. D. Hamilton, J. R. Monroe, mayor city of Abbeville; A. W. Coble, Geo. F. McLeod, ex-commissioner of Wilcox county, T. J. Outlaw, Fred Ewing, cashier Bank of Abbeville; W. C. Oliver, president bank of Abbeville; J.uA. Stone. £be Atlanta uvnal SMALL PIPERS OF STATE THREATENED GY PAPER MORTAGE Some Publishers May Have. t to Suspend or Else Print on Wailpaper Editors Discuss Remedies The paper shortage among the smaller newspapers Os Georgia -s so serious that some of them are going to have to close down or else print on wall paper, as was done in the Civil war, declared speakers at the meeting of the Georgia- Press association Friday morning in the pine room at the Hotel Ansley. While othere topics came before the meeting this was the first and most important considered when the meeting was\ called to order at 11 o'clock by President J. Kelly Sim mons, of the ’telfair Enterprise, with ebout thirty editors and owners pres ent, nearly all of them publishers of weeklies.' The discussion was precipitated when Royal Daniel, editor f>f the: Q.itman Free Press, made the re-L port of the newsprint committee, ofT which he is chairman. Mr. Daniel | read answers totelegrams he had sent to newsprint dealers all over th? country, questioning them in de tail on the paper situation. The sub stance of their replies, as summed up by Mr. Daniel, was that there is not a sheet of newsprint available to the small publisher in the open market unless he pays a prohibitive price for it. \ Crisis Faces Owner's “There' is a crisis in every small newspaper shop in Georgia,” said I Mr Daniel. “Some of them may be ! able to borrow limited bundles of paper from mbre fortunate and gen erous competitors, but this is only staving off the inevitable. There are 2,600 small paper plants already closed down in the country because of the shortage and I know of pa pers in Georgia that ar. printing now, from week to week, only by borrowing. I. for one, am opposed to borrowing because ! t does not really help the situation, and while I have a four month’s supply of pa per on hand, I am ready to close down the Quitman Free-Press today If it will relieve the situation any.” Mr. Smith purposed to ask for the support of the editors—“no money, just your influence and your support of a great project for the state,” he intended to tell them. And it was understood that the editors then were framing a strong indorsement of the the Ad. club and were in tending to work and write for the project when they got back home. The dash toward the firdt goal of the campaign—a $50,000 fund —con- tinued Frida.- with meetings of the publicity committee at 11 o’clock in the morning and of the executive committee 'in the afternoon. Plans also are made for the biggest lunch eon the Ad. club ever has had, next Thursday, when the 300 members of the club and the 200 members of the advisory co- mittee will meet, with others, and devote the whole session to convention plans. Various remedies were oiscussei by the. editors. W. C. Sutlive, of the Savannah Press, suggested that it might be possible for smaller papers to borrow from the big dailies waste paper, but he did not know if this was practicable and the statement was made that the cost of getting this paper cut to the proper size might be prohibitive. . President Simmons said that one practical plan that, would help some would be for ail papers to cut out their /complimentary list absolutely and to ce„se printing papers for sub scribers in arrears. Aid Suggested The possibility of getting the larger papers to abolish their comic sections and their magazine sections was discussed, but it was agreed that it was not fair to ask them to do this unless there was a concerted agreement and a concerted action on their part. Jack D. McCartney, editor of the Rome Tribune-Herald, pointed out that the New Yqrk newspapers were doing this. He said the New York Times, by cutting out its book sec tion on one Sunday, saved paper that would have printed the Tribune- Herald for a year. The statement was also made that the New York Herald had cut out its early edition and that other papers were doing likewise. “I would not ask the larger dailies to turn down a single line of adver tising,” said Royal Daniel, “although I know some of them .are doing nils, or to make drastic cuts unless there was a concerted agreement. But 1 think it is a recognized fact that the shortage of newsprint is due largely to the great amount of paper being used by the larger newspapers and that somethings should be done about it.” Mr. Daniel said he had been talk ing just before the meeting with Sen ator William J. Harris, who is in the city, and that Senator Harris had offered to do anything in his power to z help. Mr. Daniel suggested that the association might take up the problem, through Senator Harris, with the federal trade commission, with a view to getting government control of newsprint and a govern ment investigation of prices, which he declared, were prohibitive in many instances. No American Member For Russian Probe WASHINGTON, April I.—The United States has refused an invita | tion from the allies to send a mem ber on the League of Nations’ com mittee which is to investigate con ditions in Russia, it was learned to day at the state department. Merchant Lost 38 Cents In 22 Years’ Business WAYCROSS. Ga. April 2.—J. W. Gray, of Lenox, has sold his large mercantile business to M. E. Levy, of Tifton, after a career of twenty two years. Mr. Gray is a firm, be liever In cash buying and makes the statement that it benefits the public as well as the merchant. During the twenty-two years he lost only 38 cents on bad accounts. Practically all of his business was done on a cash basis. $825,000. Memorial Nears Completion ’i """I L t w IxT IT WASHINGTON.—The great amphitheater at Arlington, begun five years ago, is fast nearing completion. It is built of American marble and cost $825,000. Above picture shows the entrance, on the eastern shore of the Potomac, which will be opened July 1. DANIELS DENIES TERMING JAPAN PACIFIC MENACE WASHINGTON, April 2. —Secre- tary Daniels denied today that he had told the senate naval affairs committee that Japan’s naval activi ties in the Pacific were a menace to the United States and that he had urged the committee to authorize fortification on the w’est coast against that empire. Mr. Daniels said he urged the com mittee to make appropriations for a large naval base in San Francisco. The sum of $10,000,000 was asked. He that while the testimony was on the question of a base for the Pacific the question naturally turn ed to some extent to Japan’s naval program. Futher hearings before the senate committee investigating the navy’s conduct of the war were postponed today until Tuesday. Admiral Rod man, commander of the Pacific fleet, will testify then and will be followed hy Admiral Wilson, commander of the Atlantic fleet. Other witnesses will include Ad miral Benson, former chief of naval operations and now chairman of the shipping board; Rear Admiral Nib lack, chief of naval intelligence; Rear Admiral Badger, head of the navy general board, and Rear Ad miral McKean, former assistant chief of naval operations. Secretary Daniels said today he would be the last witness to appear in the presentation of the depart ment’s case. - . . .. ... ■ " Captain Byron C. Long, former' aide for operations on Rear Admiral Sims’ staff at London, refused today to modify his previous testimony that Rear Admiral Wm. B. Fletcher disre garded Sims’ instructions that he formulate a safe dictrine for convoy operations. He was cross-examined at Length by counsel for Admiral Fletcher before the naval board in vestigating Fletcher’s removal from the Brest command. Captain Long said a general doc trine of convoy operations was for mulated at Queenstown for the de stroyer force there as early as May, 1917. Declaring in his direct testimony that Admiral Fletcher, in disregard of instructions .permitted the con voy which included the Antilles, to sail in “column formation,” Captain Long, who was operations officer on Sims’ staff at London, assorted :t should have been “evident on its face” that this was the “most dan gerous possible formation.” Mr. Farmer! [ Cut Down Cost of Production! Accept the ideas of those who have spent their lives studying the needs of the Ameri can Farmer. The doctor, the lawyer, the builder—all study their professions con stantly. Are you studying yours with a view of producing more for less? Your Greatest Opportunity- The “New Six” / The Twentieth Century Farmer is a reader and a progressive thinker. Are you in this class? Note the list of Agricultural, Household Science and Newspapers that we are offering you in this combination. Can you afford to be without them? HERE’S THE LIST The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal The Inland Farmer Household Journal Gentlewoipan Better Farming The Weekly Alabama Times All these to your Address one year $1.55 (The Tri-Weekly Journal Alone Is $1.50 a Year) Take Advantage of' this Offer Now No Commission Allowed on This Offer MAIL THE COUPON TODAY The Tri-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga. Herewith find $1.55, for which please send me your “New Six” Clubbing Offer for o. year. Hama P. O R. F. D - State ; rb ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 3, ,1920. PALMER WILL BE QUESTIONED ON SUGAR PRICE WASHINGTON, April 2. At torney-General Palmer is to be questioned next week by a senate sub-committee concerning alleged sugar profiteering. Mr. Palmer, ac cording to some senators, has all the laws h® needs to curb profiteering, but in spite of that, they assert, these things have been going on un checked: 1. Cuban sugar has been shipped to New York, refined and then sold to speculators who have obtained sane” prices for it. 2. Cubail sugar has been shipped to L uisiana, and sold from there to Louisiana sugar, in order to ob tain the 17 cents per pounf -which was the government price for it. 3. Beet sugar prices in Oregon and other western states have gone way .up, in spite of large supply. Senator McNary, chairman of the subcommittee which recently inves tigated sugar conditions, today call ed a meeting of the sugar committee for Monday to go into these charges. He has summoned Mr. Palmer, George A. Zabriskie, who was head of the sugar equalization board, and a number of sugar refiners. Senator Cappbr, Kansas, comAient ing today on the situation in his state, said profiteering was ram pant. He said if Mr. Palmer lacks legal power io punish profiteers he should ask congress for necessary authority. The lawsf'appear .suffi cient, however, Senator Capper said, but there is no effort to enforce them, he declared. Father on Trial in Marshall Murder Trial TUPELO, Miss., April 2.—J. E. Marshall, father of Charles Marshal) was placed on trial here Thursday ..on a charge of having been an accessory before the fact to the killing of Wil liafm Miller, youngest of the four members of the Miller family who were killed at their home near Amory January 15 last, and of whose murder Charles Marshall was convicted yes terday and sentenced to be hanged May 14 next. The elder Marshall is sixty-nine y- —• old. It was stated that Felix Marshall, another son, also charged with complicity in the quadruple murder, probably would be placed oh trial immediately after his fateher is concluded. PEACE RESOLUTION OF G.D.P. DOOMED. DEMDCROTS ffl Leaders, After Canvass, De clare Republicans Will Not Be Abie to Override Wil son’s Veto WASHINGTON, April 2.—Republi can leaders in congress will not be able to muster enough votes to pass their peace resolution over veto of the president, leading house Demo crats declared today after a can vass! Both. Champ Clark, Missouri, Dem ocratic floor leader, and Representa tive Flood, Virginia, ranking minor ity member of the foreign affairs committee, stated it w’onld be impos sible for the Republicans to force the resolution through by .a two-thirds majority necessary to override a veto. President Wilson has indicated to close advisers that he will not sign the resolution, which, if Democratic predictions as to the lipuse vote are true, means that a l§j£il peace will not come until the "senate and the president have agreed on some kind of a treaty. This probably will not be until after the., elections, unless the president yields to the senate reservations. Democrats Massing Forces Democrats are massing their forces for an attack on the resolution, when it comeS up in the house. Pressure is being exerted by ad ministration leaders outside congress. Homer Cummings, chairpan of the Democratic national committe. Is ex pected to confer with house leaders during the next few days and urge them to stand by the president. The determination of Democratic party leaders to use the Republican peace resolution against Its authors as campaign material was evidenced, Democrats said today, by the state ment of Homer Cummings, chairman of the Democratic national commit tee, with regard to the resolution. Attempt to Usurp Powers Mr. Cummings, who said he “had no difficulty” finding out what Presi dent Wilson thought about things, declared the peace resolution was the “lowest ebb of moral incapacity to which Republican leadership has yet sunk.” t He said it was an attempt to sur i render American honor and to usurp powers which congress does not pos sess. Both parties therefore count on making the peace resolution one of their strong talking points In the campaign. The Republicans intend to pass it and then, if it is vetoed— as Mr. Cummings said it would be— they Intend to make the veto the ba sis for a campaign slogan against the Democrats—“they kept us out of peace.” Republicans Will > Report Favorably On Soldier Bonus WASHINGTON, April 2. —Renubli- can members of the house ways and means committee have decided to report favorably a soldier bonus bill at this session, it was learned today. Democrats on the committes tire opposing such action, claiming the government cannot afford it at this t : me Markets Closed AH markets were closed Friday in observance of Good Friday. GERMAN RED AM MOST GIVE DP ITS AMjmil ID Commander in Ruhr District Is Handicapped by His Lack of Military Supplies and Equipment DUSSELDORF, April 2.—(By the j Associated Press.) —Soldiers of the j workmen’s army in the Ruhr dis trict must make a delivery of their arms to local authorities before April 10 under the agreement reached be tween the government and the cen tral committee . < " ' the workmen's general conference at Essen today— They will not be considered rebels if fighting ceases throughout the district by noon tomorrow. The commander of the communist troops before Wesel gave a pledge to the conference for the strict ob servance of the agreement. He de clared he had really a good array, but could not continue fighting be cause he lacked ammunition and as serted all looting had been sup pressed and that all looters had been shot. “I -drill shoot with my own pis tol,” he said, “any communist sol dier who disobeys trip order to with draw and disarm.” Assurance was given the delegates, however, there would be no trou ble. There is some apprehension felt as to a few extremist groups, particularly as they have Jparned of a report that government troops have entered the edge of the Ruhr district at several points and that two workmen’s dMijgates were ar rested iVhilo going to Essen for the conference. WILSON’S NAME WILL NOT GO ON STATE BALLOT Woodrow Wilson’s name will not go on the ballot of the Georgia pres idential primary to be held on April 20. Eight of the signers of the Wilson petition withdrew their names Thursday afternoon, leaving a re mainder of less than 100 as requir ed by the rule. The petition origin ally contained 105 names led off by Henry B. Baylor. Eight withdraw als left 97 names. Those withdrawing their names were T. M. Armistead, T. M. Arm .isted, Jr., A. J. Shropshire, A. J. Shropshire. Jr., H. H. Cha»dler-,- C. J. Keith, P. H. Snook and P. H. Cal houn. The Wilson petition was circulat ed by Mr. Baylor, an Atlantian, and was signed by Atlantiaii®. The fol lowing letter was sent to Hiram L. Gardner, secretary of the Democrat ic state executive committee, by six of the signers: “We note that our names appear on a petition urging President Woodrow Wilson to enter the presidential con test In Georgia. This petition was signed by us i ider a misapprehen sion and we are writing to ask that you strike our names from the peti tion.” This letter was signed by H. H. Chandler, C. J. Keith, P. 11. Snook, P. H. Calhoun, T. M. Armistead and T. M. Armistead, Jr. The signa tures of A. J. Shropshire and A. J. Shropshire, Jr., were withdrawn in a separate communication. The elimination of President Wil son’s name from the ballot leaves on it the names of A. Mitchell Palmer, Hoke Smith and Thomas E. Watson, and these are the names that will be placed upon the ballot by the Demo cratic state executive committee. Preparing Ballot. James J. Flynt, chairman of the state committee, and Secretary Gard ner were in Atlanta Friday for the purpose of'preparing the official bal lot. The committee has authorized them to attend to this and other de tails of the primary. The actual printing of the ballots will not be handled by the state committee or by the chairman .and secretary. The chairman and secretary will prepare the form \of the ballot and send it to the chairman and secretary of the Democratic executive committee of each county. The county committee will then print the ballot according to the official form. Where a coun ty primary is held on April 20, the day of the presidential primary, the, presidential ballot will be a part of the county ballot. The rules/ allow the presidential ballot to be placed at thp top or the bottom of the coun ty ballot. All county executive com mittees were requested to hold their county primaries on April 20, ex cept where such primaries had been held previous to the state committee meeting on February 6, when the presidential primary was ordered. But a good many county committees not complying with this request, have gone ahead with their county primaries since February 6, and in these counties it will be necessary to have a special primary for presi dential nominees on April 20. The Wilson The Wilson petition was sent to i Secretary Gardner from Atlanta on March 26. Immediately on receiving the petition, Secretary Gardner noti fied President Wilson that it had been filed, and requested him to state whether his name should be placed upon the ballbt or left off the ballot. No reply was made by the pres ident, either one way or the other. At 12 o’clock Thursday, which was the hour of the closing of the entry list, an announcement was made from the White House that President Wilson had taken no steps to pre vent the appearance of his name on the ballot in Georgia. Having received no reply from the president, it was the intention of Chairman Flynt and Secretary Gard ner to place his name on the ballot. In; other words, they construed his silence as an acquiescence in the placing of his name on the ballot. After 12 o’clock Thursday, and late in the afternoon. Secretary Gardner receive^-the above-quoted letter from eight of the signers of the Wilson petition withdrawing their signatures. Acting upon these withdrawals, it was decided by Chair man Flynt and Secretary Gardner to leave the president’s name off the ballot. , . Family Picks Him As German Ruler cl PPnsrCE WILHELM At a meeting of the sons of the crown prince of Germany, it was “decided” that Prince Wil helm, the eldest child, should he the new ruler of Germany-. limniE DFU.S.EMBASM MEXiCHTTAGKED WASHINGTON, April 2.—Lieuten ant Colonel Robert M. Campbell, United States military attache at the embassy in Mexico City; his wife and an American wonian doctor named Paine, were attacked by rebels a few miles from Mexico City but escaped through “quick work and quickness of action,” the state department was advised today. The attack tnok place at Tres Marias, a small station on the rail way from Mexico City to Cuerna vaca, to which place the atta-che was going for an outing. The rebels with dynamite wrecked thfc train and de stroyed the track for some distance. Colonel Campbell and the members of his party escaped without injury, the advices stated. The women of the party hid in the woods near the station until the rebels left. The fate of the members of the crew and other passengers on the train was not stated. Details of the attack are being forwarded by mail from the embassy in Mexico City. RAILROADWAGE DISPUTE BEFORE WILSON AGAIN WASHINGTON, April 2.—The whole railroad wage controversy was placed before President Wilson today for the third time since rail road labor filed Its demalnds for a general increase in wages last sum mer. In a letter to the president, B. M. Jewell, chairman of the railway committee, which constitutes the labor party on the railway wage board, said he regretted very much “to advise you of our failure to ob tain any beneficial results from these coifferences/* The employes. Mr. Jewell said, were keenly disappointed at the po sition taken by the railway execu tives’ committee which*" announced last night a deadlock and the with drawal of the railroad members from the conference. Mr. Jewell did not ask the presi dent to lay the wage controversy before the railway labor board, which is to be nominated* by the president as provided in the trans portation act and on which the pub lic will have representation. ' Attached to Mr. Jewell’s letter was correspondence setting forth the attitude of the men and the execu tives’ committee. E. T. Whiter, for the railway executives, wrote that while an agreement as to wages might be reached by direct negotia tion between representatives of the roads and the men, the executives did not believe congress contemplated a settlement involving so great an addition to transportation costs with out the public being represented in the conferences. Replying to this letter, Mr. Jewell said he believed the reason given by the managers for terminating the negotiations was “not in accord with our understanding of the law.” “The attitude of your committee tn falling to eairy out the wis es of the president of the United States comes as a surprise to us,” Mr. Jewell wrote to Mr. Whiter. “It will result in keen disappointment to our constituents as well as the .general public, both of whom are parties at interest and entitled to more consideration from the bi-par tisan board than you have elected give. / “We understand from this that your committee has definitely de clined to asume' the responsibility and perform the duty which is so clearly desired in the public inter est, and which the transportation act, as we understand it, contem plates, that of agreeing in confer ence upon rates of pay for railroad employes which are just and reason able.” Union officials reiterated that, at the request of the president, they “were going along to give the trans portation act a fair trial,’ although they did not indorse any of, its pro visions. They took the position that with the breaking up of the joint conference, the whole wage matter was made more difficult since the union membership was becoming restive. CURED HER FITS Mrs. Paul Gram, residing at 916 Fourth street, Milwaukee, Wis., re cently gave out the following state ment: “1 had suffered with Fits (Epilepsy) for over 14 years. Doctors and medicine did me no good. It seemed that I was beyond all hope of relief, when at last I secured a preparation that cured me sound and well. Over 10 years have passed and the attacks have not returned. I wish every one who suffers from this terrible disease would write R. P. N. Lepso, 13 Island avenue, Milwaukee, Wis.y and ask for a bottle of the same kind of medicine which he gave me. He has generously promised to send it prepaid, free to any one who writes him.”=—(Advt.). Scents a copy* $1.50 A YEAR. ». I. ALLEN OPENS ARGUMENTS FOR ' GREEN'S DEFENSE - .-'4 Court to Hold Night Session, if Necessary to Complete Hearing—Many Present at , Close of Legal Battle . —v- n BY ED H. BRADLEY (Staff Correspondent of The Journal) FAIRBURN. Ga., April 2.—The fate of William B. Green, former vice president of the Fairburn Bank ing company, on trial for embezzle ment, will be placed In the hands of the jury by 7 o’clock Friday night, according to all indications. Two of the four arguments by counsel have been completed and two were to be delivered Friday after noon, after which Judge John B« Hutcheson will charge the jury on the law covering the case. Judge Hutcheson has indicated that he will give the case into the hands of the jurors tonight, even though a night session of court is necessitated. Attorney H. A. Allen opened ths argument for the defense, speaking for one hour and fifty-two minutes and discussing in considerable de tail the various points in the evil dence. He was followed by Solicitor General George M. Napier, who made the opening argument for the state; outlining the position of the prosecu-i tion. Attorney Reuben R. Arnold will follow the solicitor general at the opening of the afternoon session, miking the second argument for the state, while Attorney George West moreland .will conclude for the de fense. Courtroom Crowded The little courtroom was jammed with spectators w’hen Judge Hutch eson convened the morning session. Farmers from all sections of Camp bell county had come to witness tho ’ final phase of the\ most sensational criminal case that has been tried'* here In a decade. A few ladies were, to be seen in the crowd. Mrs. Green, wife of the defendant, occupied a j seat directly behind the counsel ta- 4 ble. Green’s mother sat beside Neither betrayed emotion as the torneys discussed the evidence described the events leading up the climax of the trial. “The defendant is charged stealing the funds of the Banking company,” said Mr. <' “When a man goes on trial criminal offense the contest is equal since society is more or banded against him. law requires that you must his guilt beyond a reasonable “Mr. Roberts, who was a wiM for the state, is in a better than anyone else to know w * Green took any of the bank's ■' Ho should* have known at the conditio i of the bank. v. as anything going wrong haM have known it, yet Mr. Robe not nesitate to tell you that / of nothing wrong. He bad heard rumors, that “Mr Roberts stated thatJO s'lf '•elected Alonzo RicllM * V’.T’ Co. to go over the books This n.-in luuinl no shortag«M , . , T ' Green bad iron short in hisßgai th-m certainly it would ha cd in the report of this G-ii-re iia I l.reri any siio rt a . • C. t tie lon’t ou know they j trodiic.d lite report as 1 Discusees Tostlma^B' Mr. Allen, in his (.'tided that t lie petition f^l 4 ship offered by the state should be considered merely as nil. gallons <l; ‘ the petitioners. ’ Ilf argil- d al.-o that v.-tii Mis. I iradst reel was u- r- of i-rop- :i V made t Hr.-' .atm not bc-c-anseH of prosecution. l>.sen -.-'.mr the test J’,./ la.m-i of s.-rn--.1 from Gre-m mrd Street, the attorney s.-v-tal tiomaml do I laißß from t’m- sale of part of^B ?»SMBMB erty, has not. been e red I BBWBMBBmB I", tihimr eomp.-m Hoving Gremi of at. least tho burden upon hint. l.’rging the jury to :ory of the tian!: robbery •ireni. Attm-ney Allen polri^B' ■'•'H H. B. Longino, one of nesscs for the state, testifi«BJ‘ he noticed bruises on and arms afer the lire on of October 9, 1919. “It corroborates Green’s merit,” said the attorney. let’s see about all this jewelry automobiles and fine clothes they say Green bought for Bradstreet. While I don’t undertaM to justify his acts in doing do say that he had a perfect Hgl« to buy a whole jewelry store or flock of automobiles If he wanted to,W just so long as he didn’t use illiel bank’s money, and they hUv&j’t 1 shown that he spent the bank’s mon ey for these gifts. 1.7 Mr. Allen took up various points of evidence and finally launched a discussion of the testimony of ilirs. Patterson, who conducts a Peacbtnpe street boarding house, and who tbl-t of Mrs. Bradstreet’s stay ner house and of the visits of (‘.'OnSJe Jack Spalding,” later tty- B. Green. “Another “But if you remember,? continued Mr. Allen, “Mrs. Patterson Said that another automobile used torCcojne around to get Mrs. Bradstreet-. ' |lt belonged to a prominent Atfarita busftiess man and the stafq. ;i Mks ' ‘ spoken his name in whispers. Th&y ‘ have been very careful to avoid bringing him into this case. “Mr. Cagle found nothing vfrong with the bank’s accounts,” Mr. Allen continued, “with two exceptions, and these were mere matters of book keeping which showed no attempt on the part of Mr. Green to steal from the bank, and fchich were easily cor rected. Evidently they were corrected to the satisfaction of Mr. Speer, for nothing further was said of it. “A great portion of tho) cash Mrs. Bradstreet had was used and deposit ed long before Alonzo Richardson’s audit was made and a long time be fore Cagle’s audit was made. A great part of her jewelry was bought be fore this time.” Mr. Allen contended that these audits were made when the auditors had access to all the books of the bank, whereas W. O. Martin’s audit, which showed a shortage, was made after some of the books were burned. 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